Wednesday, 26 November 2008

This evening, I am presenting an image of a MacDougall family tombstone from Glasgow's Old Eastwood Cemetery, Glasgow. This records the death of John MacDougall on Nov 22nd 1947. No date of birth or age at death is given.

Monday, 24 November 2008

This evening, I am posting some information on Margaret Blackburn who features on a family tree in Greenbank House near Newton Mearns although neither this lady nor her family had any connection with the property.

Margaret Blackburn married James Wilson (1750-1830) in 1782. James Wilson was a cooper based in Pollockshaws, Glasgow. No other dates for MB are available. See yesterday's blog posting for information on James Wilson.

Sunday, 23 November 2008

This afternoon, I am departing from my 'normal' tombstone based records. Earlier today I visited Greenbank House, Newton Mearns, Glasgow which is a stately home and in the care of the National Trust. On the wall of the dining room is a Wilson family tree dating back to 1750. This family, being based in Lochwinnoch, has nothing to do with Greenbank House; the family tree was left to the National Trust who thought Greenbank an appropriate place to display the information.

James Wilson ( 1750-1830) was the youngest of nine children of John Wilson, a farmer of Barnaigh Farm near Lochwinnoch. James was a cooper based in Pollockshaws, Glasgow. He was married to Margaret Blackburn in 1782.

Thursday, 20 November 2008

This evening, I am posting an image of a Halliday family tombstone from Eastwood Old Cemetery, Glasgow, Scotland. This records the death of Susan Halliday, daughter of Alexander Halliday and Ann Daly, who died Feb 16th 1912 age 62 years.

Monday, 17 November 2008

This evening, I am posting an image of a (recumbent) headstone from Eastwood Old Cemetery, Glasgow.

This stone is old and the inscription faded. However, I was able to make out that it records the death of Elizabeth Naismith in 1855 but age at death was not clear. This woman was the wife/relation of John Armour.

Sunday, 9 November 2008

This evening, I am presenting an image of a grave-marker from Glasgow's Eastwood Old Cemetery. Sadly, this is not a good image and I will replace when possible. In the meantime I can advise that it records the death of John H Robertson on March 26th 1911. He was the husband of Marion McDougall.

Saturday, 1 November 2008

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